Card game



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Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

ROBERT W. nunca, or roNrrAc, MICHIGAN, AssrGNoa To EVA 1u. Renon, orroN'rrAo, MICHIGAN.

CARD GAME.

Application led November To all whom n may concern.:

Be it known that I, ROBERT WV. Runen, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pontiac, in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card Games, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new game of cards. It has for its object agame of cards intended to be instructive in business affairs, teachingpeople who are unaccustomed to business matters some of theusualtransactions in the business world, such as Federal taxes, bankruptcy,discounts, insurance, and other every-day transactions which are littleappreciated by women and children in particular.

The main outline of the game may be stated in a few words. Each playerstarts with a given indicia of money. A bank is provided by thesuccessive withdrawals from the various players units in accordance withthe requirements on the cards drawn from the pack. from the pack inturn. Some of the cards require him to pay into the bank, others permithim to withdraw from the bank, but withdrawals from the bank in the endare considerably less than the payments into the bank. Consequentlyafter the last card has been drawn there is a considerable number ofunits in the bank. The cards not only direct the payments andwithdrawals from the bank but some of themV stand as conditional assetsto be held until the. end of the game. The player having the largesttota-l of conditional assets takes all the units in the bank. Of course,the player that acquires the largest increment of units during the gameincluding the final disposition of the bank wins that particular hand,if we may so designate one complete distribution of the cards. Anynumber of cards can be used, preferably fifty-two are used.

Figure 1 or the first column of cards is a set of Asset cards.

Figure 2 or the second column of cards is a set of Conditional assetcards.

Figure 3 or the third column of lcards is a set of cards that areUnliquidated assets or liabilities.

Figure 4 or the fourth column of cards is Each player draws Serial No.512,169.

asetnof cards that are Unliquidated liabilities.

set of cards that are straight Liabilities The cards, preferablyfifty-two in num ber, are placed in the center of the table and eachplayer draws in succession. In the drawings I have shown only thedistinct classes and sub-classes of cards which form the types.

'I shall referto the card which is a representatlve of a sub-class asthe type. The number of any type of cards may, of course, be varied, asmay also the printing, but they will have the same generalcharacteristics of the type.

As T have already explained, each player starts with a given number ofunits or counters representing dollars. The first player draws, we willsay, a Liability card, such as shown in Figure -the first card, foriinstance-he has to pay into the bank at the center of the table thecounters that represent $500.00. The card is discarded. The next playerdraws, we will say, the second card in Figure 2. He has a Conditionalasset, namely, for $15,000.00 worth of U. S. Rubber Stock-he has to paythe bank $500.00. `We call this a Conditional asset7 because it is notan asset unless when the last drawing has taken place the holders totalassets reach the largest total of any player. He then takes thelcounters in the bank. Ve will say the third player then draws and hedraws the second card in Figure '1-Assets. This is Accident insurance.This is a simple asset card oollectible from the bank authorizing theholder to withdraw $1000.00 from the bank and discard the card.

Now that the general plan of the game is understood some of thepeculiarities of the cards and transactions under the various classesmay be enumerated. Beginning with Figurel, card 1, the general class isAs sets. The sub-class is Tax7 collectible from the winner. The winneris always bound to pay the holder of this tax card $1000.00 in counters.The second card in Figure 1 is the sub-class Asset collectible from`bank. This has already been ex plained. The third card in Figure l belongs to the sub-class Assets collectiblq' from holder companion cardand obligatiof Figure 5 or the fifth column of cards is a l to bank. Byreason of the judgment of the court, the' holder collects 331000.00lfromthe player that either then lholds or subsequently draws thecompanion card marked Judgment-payholder ot companionv card $1000.00. Atthe same time the card obligates the drawer' to pay the bank $100.00.The fourth type under Figure l is Assets collectible from other players.Each player presents the holder with $100.00 from his counters asdemanded by, the wording on 'the face offthe'card. He also draws Yfromthe bank $500.00. y

Now'f passing to the' Figure 2. This is headed Conditional assets.w lasalready eX- plained, the'seare Hold assets and arecalledConditionalassets as a titlel for the general-class because onlyin case the assets* of theholder out-total allother players do theyreally become an asset. rhey then become an asset in the sense theyentitle the player to' take'y afll that is leift in the' bank. r[hetiret' cards under this column is a Straight hold asset, which will'bereadily understood. The second card is a Condiliional'asset with theYfurther obligation to pay the bank a specified sum. The third cardGoiiditiona'l and unconditional asset,7 which will b'e u iiderstoodwithout 'further description. The o'urthcard is sort oi a complextransaction that'represents a Hold asset and obligation to p'ay the bank$300.00 at once, andit is also one ofthe cards that has; a' companioncard which permits the holder of thiscard to collect'trom the holder ofthe companion card $400.00.

l/Ve may now pass'to Figure 5 for the moment; The'V three'cards thereshown eX- plainthemselye'slY They are simple requirementsto pay,c'ardfl, .the bank, card 2, each player, andcard 3, the holder of' thecoinpanion' card various sums as specified' in thesecards;l l

Figure' Sreprescnts a class oi cards that l havev designatedUnliquidated assets or liabilities. las eachcardis examined the reasonfor the class" title will be understood. Thejiirst*cardY oitthis' classreads Buy from player on le'ift the next card he draws, payingitorit$200.00. Atfthe time this cardl is drawn it will be apparent that theplayer doesnot know whether he'is about to buy an'asset or liabilityor'theamount of it, consequei'itly-k this cardis lin fact andin truth anUnliquida'tedasset or liability. Card 2er"- this classis ratherpeculiari it' is classiiied inthiscla'ss be'causefwhen the drawer takes'iti'ion'i'the pack he isnotaware whether the progress" off the gamewilll determine this card a final asset o'r' a-iinallliability, or theaniountloiit; For instance, the player may have acardsuchas the Stockcard Ii/Qinv column@ calling* :tor $15,000.00 worth of' U. SRubber; Heputs this up for sale'to somebody that'pays $1000.00I for it. He gets$1000.00 in cash added to his counters. it willreadily beyundersto'odthat it heV could not have wonthe bank'even with the cardsold then'the card turns out to be an asset.. @n the otherlhand, iiwiththis card he could have won the gaine and the bank is larger than theamount that he received for the cardthe same has been a liability whichat the time the card was drawn was an unliquidated liability'.

Taking up card 3 ot Figure 3, this requires the player to pay eachplayer $100.00 andthe bank 35100.00.V For these payments he hasjtheprivilege oi drawing again. lt is obvious that only after the' seconddraw is made can they holder of the card' determine whether thecardliasbe'enan asset'or a liability or to what'ain'ount. Hence the cardis properly classiiied as fin unliquidated assetior,liability.7 Y

iii Figure itl have collected' the types which are* properly pclassiiiedas cUnliqu'idated liabilities. rlhe first c'a'rd deiines a transactionwhich can be easily understood by reading the card. The second card oithis class isV avery uniortunateone to draw as' one willsee that heloses all his cash, consequentlyv it is an unliquidated liability. Ofcourse, it becomes liquidated at once where the amountot the holderscash becomes determined.v Type 3 of' this general classis entitledTakes7rThis is the same type oi' card as" the preceding card Bankruptcy exceptthatthe payee happens to be the hold-l er of the companion card insteado1E the bank.

From theabove description it will be apparent' that' these variousclasses and subclasses forming, as here shown, seventeen types of cards,'forms a very instructive game, especially for those who are uninitiatedin businesstransactions. Although the units adopted are those of moneyto truly simulate a business transaction, it is obvious that the game isin no way intended to be a'gambling game and the units are so large onlythe most improvident would ever think of utilizing'it for gambling.

ifi/hat I claim is:

l. In a card game, a class or cards representing assets by wording andiigures directing the holder to draw from a specitied place whichconstitutes the bank, a second class oi'cards representing liabilitiesby wording and iiguresv requiring the holder to pay to said bank, and athird class oi cards representingV by words and iigures conditionalassets which become real assets only in case in the hnal outcome ont thegame the t'otal oi these l conditional assets is greater than that o'ilany other player and thereby entitles theholder to take the bank.

2. ln a cardgaine, the combination oit a class of cards representing bywords and ligures assets by directing the holder to draw from aspecified place Which constitutes the bank, a second class representingby Words and figures liabilities by requiring the holder to pay to saidbank, and a third class of cards representing by Words and figuresunliquidated liabilities by compelling the player to pay a sumundetermined by the card but capable of determination extraneous of thecard under directions given on the card.

3. In a card game, the combination of a class of cards containingWording and figures representing assets by requiring the holder to drawfrom a specified fund, a second class of cards representing by Words andfigures liabilities by requiring the holder to pay to said specifiedfund, and a still further class of cards representing by Words andfigures unliquidated assets or liabilities, that is, requiring theplayer to perform a transaction therein directed by Words and figureswhich may ultimately result in either loss or gain in a sum at themoment un determinable.

4;. In a card game, a class of cards re resenting assets, and anotherclass of cards representing by Words and figures unliquidated assets orliabilities, that is, requiring the player to perform the transactionthereon directed by Words and figures which may ultimately result ineither loss or gain in a sum at the moment undeterminable.

5. In a card game, a class of cards representing liabilities, andanother class of cards representing by Words and ligures conditionalassets which become real assets only When inthe final outcome of' thegame the total addition of theseassets is greater than any other playerand thereby entitles the holder to take a certain specified fund.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT W. REECE.

